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Ancient Egyptian art repeatedly depicts the god Set with the head of an unidentified creature, a figure the Greeks dubbed the 'Typhonic beast' and modern scholars call the 'Set animal.' Unlike other gods such as Horus (falcon) or Anubis (jackal), no real-world species has been matched to Set's depiction despite centuries of study.
Andreas Hansen, founder of air fryer maker Fritaire, detailed a technique that gets frozen or homemade fries closer to deep-fried texture without oil. The approach borrows from a chain of chefs, including Joshua Weissman and Chris Young, who credit Heston Blumenthal's triple-cooked method as its origin. The result, per the tip, is golden, evenly crisp fries in under 15 minutes with no oil cleanup.
A test of AI agents on 107 real-world commerce tasks found the top-performing system completed only 61.7% of them successfully. The finding underscores that as businesses adopt AI agents for workflow automation, no single system reliably handles every task, making routing decisions critical.
A startup founder describes abandoning the popular tech-industry belief that extreme overwork—citing examples like Elon Musk and Marissa Mayer—signals dedication and predicts success. After personally working 18-hour days while skipping meals and sleep, the founder concluded this approach was unsustainable and shifted toward building a company culture designed for long-term thriving rather than constant survival mode.
An Entrepreneur analysis highlights how small businesses near World Cup 2026 host stadiums—bars, vendors, jersey shops and parking operators—saw sales rise 4.1% in June, outpacing 1.8% growth in non-host cities, largely due to a 16.7% jump in spending by visiting fans. The piece notes that nearly 500 terabytes of data flowed through host stadiums during the tournament, forcing local businesses to upgrade their own connectivity to handle surges in mobile ordering, digital payments and foot traffic.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that founders often mistake low customer acquisition cost for campaign success, when in fact a cheap first sale doesn't guarantee a customer understood the offer or will stick around. Metrics like CAC typically ignore refunds, support burden, discounts and fees, which can make seemingly efficient campaigns unprofitable over time. The piece recommends grouping customers by campaign and calculating true post-sale value before scaling ad spend.
Venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is investing $35 million into a two-year academy positioned as an alternative to traditional college education. Several other Bay Area tech companies and figures are also supporting the effort, signaling broad industry interest in reshaping how young talent is trained for tech careers.
XPENG announced on September 7 that its Iron humanoid robot autonomously walked off its newly operational assembly line right after being built, with CEO He Xiaopeng marking the moment by giving it a staff badge. The company says more than 80 percent of the line's core processes are automated, using quality-control methods borrowed from its car manufacturing operations, as it targets mass production of Iron by year's end.
Rockwell Automation surveyed 1,500 industrial and manufacturing decision-makers across 17 countries for its new report on operational resilience and cybersecurity. The study found that while 46% of organizations suffered a cyber incident in the past year, 90% remain confident in their ability to prevent or recover from one, and 62% have already invested in cybersecurity platforms. More than a third of respondents still identify cybersecurity risk as a top external obstacle to growth, with IT/OT convergence flagged as a major vulnerability point.
RadarScope, the widely used radar and severe weather tracking app for iPhone, has released a CarPlay version as part of its 5.7 update. The new CarPlay interface isn't a simple port—it includes navigation overlays, multiple radar data types like MRMS and satellite, and route tracking directly on the map.
Joby Aviation flew a modified Cessna Caravan autonomously across the United States, covering 3,199 miles from Concord, California, with stops in Fort Worth and South Carolina. The onboard system independently handled taxiing, takeoff, landing, weather diversions and route changes, while a safety pilot on board did not intervene. Joby says it's the first fully autonomous cross-country airplane flight, and the trip ended with a symbolic pass near the Wright brothers' first flight site in Kitty Hawk.
Apple deployed 14 iPhone 18 Pro Max devices among 30 total cameras to capture Friday's Apple TV Plus broadcast of the Dodgers versus Giants game at Dodger Stadium, marking the first live sports broadcast using the new iPhones without dedicated sports lenses. The phones were mounted on tripods, tucked into padded cushions near home plate and the backstop, and placed in dugouts, bullpens, and on a gimbal above the outfield wall.